To Configure Alarm Notification

1. Log in as an administrator with permission to change the configuration.

2. Change to the /etc/opt/SUNWics5/cal/config directory.

3. Save your old ics.conf file by copying and renaming it.

4. Edit one or more of the following ics.conf parameters as shown in the following table:

   Parameter	Description and Default Value
   alarm.diskstat.msgalarmdescription	Description sent with insufficient disk space messages.  The default description is: “percentage calendar partition diskspace available”.
   alarm.diskstat.msgalarmstatinterval	Number of seconds between monitoring disk space. The default is “3600”.
   alarm.diskstat.msgalarmthreshold	Percentage of available disk space that triggers sending a warning message. The default is “10”.
   alarm.diskstat.msgalarmthresholddirection	Whether alarm.diskstat.msgalarmthreshold is above or below percentage. -1 is below and 1 is above. The default is “-1”.
   alarm.diskstat.msgalarmwarninginterval	Number of hours between sending warning messages about insufficient disk space. The default is “24”.
   alarm.msgalarmnoticehost	The host name of the SMTP server used to send server alarms. The default is “localhost”.
   alarm.msgalarmnoticeport	The SMTP port used to send server alarms. The default is “25”.
   alarm.msgalarmnoticercpt	The email address to whom server alarms sent. “Postmaster@localhost”
   alarm.msgalarmnoticesender	The email address used as the sender when the server sends alarms. The default is “Postmaster@localhost”
   alarm.msgalarmnoticetemplate	The default format used to send email alarms:  "From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: ALARM: %s of \"%s\" is n\n%s\n"
   alarm.responsestat.msgalarmdescription	Description sent with no service response messages. The default is “calendar service not responding”.
   alarm.responsestat.msgalarmstatinterval	Number of seconds between monitoring services. The default is “3600”.
   alarm.responsestat.msgalarmthreshold	The default is “100” (only trigger sending a warning message if no service response.)
   alarm.responsestat. msgalarmthresholddirection	Specifies whether alarm.responsestat.msgalarmthreshold is above or below percentage. -1 is below and 1 is above. The default is “-1”
   alarm.responsestat. msgalarmwarninginterval	Number of hours between sending warning messages about no service response sent out. The default is “24”.
   local.rfc822header.allow8bit	Allow (“y”) or not allow (“n”) 8 bit headers in email messages sent by this server.
   service.admin.alarm	Enable ("yes") or disable ("no") alarm notifications for administration tools. The default is “yes”.

5. Save the file as ics.conf.

6. Restart Calendar Server.

   cal_svr_base/SUNWics5/cal/sbin/start-cal